# Naples and the Camorra: The Dark Rise of Italy’s Oldest Crime Power

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Podcast: [The Strange History Podcast](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-strange-history-podcast-6015497)
Published: 2026-07-23T04:05:03+00:00
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Duration seconds: 650

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Naples and the Camorra explores the real history behind one of Europe’s oldest and most powerful criminal organizations. In Naples, poverty, political corruption, weak institutions, and social unrest helped give rise to the Naples and the Camorra, a decentralized network of clans that controlled neighborhoods, gambling, smuggling, extortion, construction, drugs, and public contracts across southern Italy. In this mega episode of The Strange History Podcast, we cover the origins of the Camorra in prisons and street gangs, the famous Cuocolo Trial, the rise of Raffaele Cutolo, postwar smuggling, the aftermath of the Irpinia earthquake, toxic waste scandals, clan wars, and the brave citizens, journalists, and activists who fought back. We also explore Roberto Saviano and the impact of Gomorrah. This is not glamour. This is power, fear, and resistance. Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-strange-history-podcast--5773362/support . 🎧 The Strange History Podcast Love bizarre true stories, forgotten scandals, and history’s most unhinged moments? Submit your ideas for The Strange History Podcast Follow The Strange History Podcast wherever you listen and never miss an episode. 🔗 Listen & Subscribe: Apple Podcasts Spotify iHeartRadio Audible New episodes regularly. History gets weird here.

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